Madadayo (1993)
17/04/1993
Drama, Comedy
2h 14m
- 73% (125 votes)
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Overview
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
- Akira KurosawaDirector, Screenplay
- Ishirō HondaScreenplay
Original Title
まあだだよ
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$1,900,000
Keywords
- birthday party
- tribute
- teacher student relationship
- post war japan
- 1940s
- memories of teachers
- lost cats
Top Billed Cast
Tatsuo Matsumura
Prof. Hyakken Uchida
Kyōko Kagawa
Professor's Wife
Hisashi Igawa
Takayama
George Tokoro
Amaki
Masayuki Yui
Kiriyama
Akira Terao
Sawamura
Takeshi Kusaka
Dr. Kobayashi
Asei Kobayashi
Rev. Kameyama
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Takayama's Son
Yoshitaka Zushi
Neighbor
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